Breakout session 8: Quicksand! The perils of ignoring estate planning implications for your divorce client


Ashley Irwin is a full-time family lawyer, and Bob Kirkland is a full-time trusts and estates lawyer.  Ashley has observed estate planners who make the mistake of ignoring family law implications in their planning.   Bob has seen family law mistakes that impact the estate planning he is trying to accomplish.  The purpose of this presentation is to raise everyone’s sensitivity to these issues, and hopefully have an open discussion that benefits us all.
Speakers: Robert K. Kirkland, Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP, Liberty; Ashley N. Irwin, Siegel & Irwin LLC, Lee's Summit